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zaborszky@axon.rutgers.edu
Laszlo Zaborszky,
MD, PhD, DSc, is Professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers-Newark, NJ, USA. He
received his MD at Semmelweis University, Hungary and his PhD and DSc from the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Prior to joining the Center for Molecular and
Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University in l993, he was an Associate
Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA. He also held faculty positions at Semmelweis University
Hungary, University of Würzburg, and Max Planck Institue in Gottingen, Germany.
He published over 90 scientific
papers, including a monograph on hypothalamic connections (Springer, 1982)
and is co-editor of the textbook Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Methods 2
(Plenum, 1989) and Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing 3: Molecules, Neurons,
Systems (Springer, 2006). He is Founding
Editor-in-Chief, Brain Structure and Function (
www.springer.com/429) ;
Managing Editor of Anatomy and Embryology (2004-2006) and former board
member (1994-2000) of Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.
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Semmelweis University Medical School |
MD |
1969 |
Medicine |
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
PhD |
1981 |
Neuroanatomy |
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
DSc |
1999 |
Neurobiology |
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POSITIONS
1969-1981
Assistant Professor, 1st Department of Anatomy,
Medical School,
Budapest,
1973-1974
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy,
University of
Wurzburg, Germany
1981-1986
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology,
University of
Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA
1986-1992 Research
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology,
UVA Medical Center,
Charlottesville, VA
1992-1993
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology,
Director Laboratory
of Cellular and Molecular Neuroanatomy,
UVA Medical Center,
Charlottesville, VA
1993-2004
Associate Professor (with tenure since 1997),
Center for Molecular
and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN),
Rutgers, The State
University of NJ, Newark
2004- Professor, CMBN, Rutgers, The State University
of NJ
SABBATICAL LEAVE
1976
Visiting Professor, Department of Neurobiology,
Max Planck Institute for biophysical Chemistry,
Gottingen, Germany (3 months)
1986 Visiting Professor, Montreal General Hospital,
Canada
2000 Visiting
Professor, National Institute for Physiological Sciences,
Okazaki, Japan (3 months)
2000, 2004
Visiting Professor, O. & C. Vogt Institute for Brain Research,
Dusseldorf, Germany
MEMBERSHIP ON FEDERAL
COMMITTEES
1987 Member, Program Project Review Committee B, NINDS
1988-1989 Member,
Special Review Committee, NIMH
1991 Reviewer, NIMH Behavioral Neurobiology Study Section (BPN-2)
1994 Member, NSPB Committee, NINDS,
1994 Member, FDA/NCTR Peer Review Panel
1994 Member, NPNC/NIMH Review Committee
1997
Member, NIDA Contract Proposal Review Panel,
1997 NIMH/NPNC
Study Section,
1997 FDA/NCTR
Peer Review Panel
1999,2003 Member, NIH Shared Instrumentation Study Section
2004 Member, FDA/NCTR Division of Neurotoxicology, External
Advisory Committee
2005,
2006 Member, CSR, ZRG1 IFCN Special Panel
2007 Member, CSR, ZRG1 IFCN Special Panel
2008 Member, CSR, ZRG1 ETTN-A
2009 Member, CSR, ZRG1 ETTN-F
2009 Member, CSR, ZRG1 IFCN-L
2009 Member, CSR, ZRG1 ETTN-F
2010 Member, CSR, ZRG1
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Recent Federal Funding |
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NIH-NINDS: Afferent Regulation of Cholinergic Forebrain Neurons
2R01-NS023945-18A2; 2010-2015. TC: 1,675,568 (PI)
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Previous Federal
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NIH-NINDS: Afferent Regulation of Cholinergic
Forebrain Neurons.
2003-2009 TC: $1,775,855 (Principal
Investigator, 2R01 NS23945-13).
Supplement, DC: $30,000 (PI, 3R01 NS023945-17S1)
NSF: Acquisition of a Flexible Multiphoton
System for Studies of Neuronal Plasticity. TC: $393,652. Award period covered: 8/1/03-7/31/06. P.I.: E.
Nimchinsky. LZ: Co-investigator. |
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NIH-NINDS: Afferent
Regulation of Cholinergic Forebrain Neurons.
1997-2002, TC: $1,257,022 (Principal Investigator, 2R01
NS23945)
NINDS: Supplement for
Research Infrastructure. 1999-2000, $50,000
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NIH/NCRR: IBM SP2
Computer for Experimental Neurocomputation.
Total award: $327,994. Award period covered: 04/98-03/99. P.I.: R. Siegel.
LZ: Co-Investigator (1 S10 RR12873)
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NIH-NCRR: Electron microscope,
Total award: $279,293. Award period
covered: 04/99-03/00. (Principal Investigator: 1 S10 RR13959)
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NIH-NINDS: Afferent Regulation of Cholinergic
Forebrain Neurons.
1991-1995. TC: $516,341 (Principal
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NIH-NINDS: Afferent Regulation of Cholinergic
Forebrain Neurons.
1986-1989. TC: $323,821 (Principal
Investigator, 1R01 NS23945).
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NIH-NINDS: Center for the Study of
Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 P01 NS30024).
Principal Investigator of Project
3. TC: $ 262,774 for 1992-1993
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NIH-NINDS:
Center for the Study of
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Subcontract to
University of Virginia,
Principal
Investigator,
01/94-12/94,
TC:
$98,995
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NIH-NINDS: Basal Forebrain Organization
(NS17743)
1991-1998, $1,617,957 DC. (Co-PI until
06/1993)
1985-1991. $1,159,229 DC. (Co-PI)
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Private Funding
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American Health Assistance Foundation.
Alzheimer’s Disease Research.
1986. DC: $50,000 (Principal
Investigator).
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State Funding
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NJ CHE,Research
Capacity Building 2001, $20,000 |
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ORSP, Rutgers University,
1996, $1,500 |
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